Remember Manny Miranda, who we already visited earlier today? He's the thief now running the conservative opposition to Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Well, here he is threatening Senate Republicans:
In a letter to be delivered to Senate Republicans Tuesday, more than 145 conservatives – including Grover Norquist, Richard Viguerie and Gary Bauer — call for a filibuster of Sotomayor’s nomination if that’s what it takes to force a “great debate” over judicial philosophy.
But in an interview with POLITICO, Manuel Miranda – who orchestrated the letter – went much farther, saying that Mitch McConnell should “consider resigning” as Senate minority leader if he can’t take a harder line on President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee.
Miranda accused McConnell of being “limp-wristed” and “a little bit tone deaf” when it comes to judicial nominees.
Got that? Manny Miranda is demanding a filibuster, and if he doesn't get it, McConnell should resign. (All along using the "limp wrist" slur to fuel long-time rumors that McConnell is gay. Classy dude.)
But all that is a setup for this punchline: from the very top of Manny Miranda's personal website:
Dear friends,
Since I left as counsel to the Senate Majority Leader in 2004, I have not been idle. In 2005, I formed the National Coalition to End Judicial Filibusters to press for the “constitutional option” to end extra-constitutional filibusters of judicial nominations...
Oops.
And yeah, I have a screenshot if my new friend Manny decides to scrub his site.